Week 5: Absolute rules and uncertainty

Handout

Essential readings:

1. Jackson, F. & M. Smith. 2006. "Absolutist Moral Theories and Uncertainty". Journal of Philosophy 103.6. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20619943 

2. Hawthorne, J., Y. Isaacs, & C. Littlejohn. 2023. "Absolutism and its Limits". Journal of Moral Philosophy 1. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-20233831 

Suggested readings:

1. Lazar, S. & C. Lee-Stronach. 2019. "Axiological Absolutism and Risk". Nous 53.1. https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12210